Banana-Nut Bread

Ingredients

• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda 
• 3  bananas very ripe mashed
• 0.5 cup butter 
• 2 large eggs 
• 8 servings lemon curd (optional, see recipe)
• 0.5 cup pecans toasted chopped
• 2 cups self-rising flour 
• 1 cup sugar 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

Equipment

• frying pan
• oven
• wire rack
• loaf pan
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Beat 1 cup sugar and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
2. Add mashed bananas, eggs, and vanilla, beating well.
3. Combine flour and baking soda; add to banana mixture, beating until just combined. Stir in chopped pecans.
4. Pour into a greased and floured 8-inch loaf pan.
5. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan, and cool completely on wire rack.
6. Serve with Lemon Curd, if desired.